True Courage in War Medical Heroes and Their Selfless Acts
Blackwoods recounts brave surgeons who risk death to aid soldiers. An English surgeon at Majuba Hill crawled to inject morphine as he died. During Amoaful in 1874 two Highlanders saved a neck wound by tying the carotid artery under fire. One act echoed Sidney, Zutphen, others saved for country.
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Blackwoods
Majuba Hill
Philip Sidney
Zutphen
Ashanti
Amoaful
Fragmented Parallel Narratives and Hospital Admission Notes
The text blends notes on hospital admission likelihood and tragic cases with garbled references to a New York Sun report. It mentions Gouverneur, injuries from a fall, a baby’s wakeful mother, and a composer Prigdon working on a symphonic page as a scene unfolds with a parent soothing a crying child with lullaby.
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Prigdon
Vaton Sary
No Society. Does She Love You Then What Wakes You
A terse reflection on love and loneliness. The speaker notes a lack of affection in the beloved’s heart and the quiet emptiness life reveals. The fragment hints at emotional isolation and question of mutual feeling.
Philosophy from France Proverb Mentioned in Brief Text
A brief note reflects on a French proverb about silence and wisdom, suggesting the silent fool is deemed wise as time passes. It frames a common view on restraint, communication, and perception in cultural sayings.
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France
Wlee
Tethered Goat Solves Half Acre Field Puzzle
A halfacre equilateral triangle meadow with a goat tethered at a corner can be grazed over a sixth of a circle. The required tether length is 1,781 inches, about 48 yards 3 inches, to ensure the goat eats exactly half the grass.
Editor corrects misprint in review for suffrage book
A stern visitor forces clarification as she presents a Waldimore Sun clipping to the editor. The reviewer had labeled the book as a History of Female Suffrage by a New Historical Writer, prompting the editor to insist the word be spelled with a y.
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Waldimore Sun
Loss of a Shirt Leads to a Witty Harper's Exchange
In a humorous Harper's Weekly vignette a tailor questions a customer about a lost shirt. The clerk retorts that the customer already paid 12 cents for the service, while the tailor quips that they impeded completion before losing the garment, highlighting playful satire on laundry mishaps.
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Harper's Weekly
Irish Adage He that follows two horses catches velter
A regional item presents an Irish saying about chasing two horses. It suggests mixed luck or risk in trying to pursue multiple goals at once. The brief notes a proverb rather than a news event.
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Veltuer
Thought Reading Trick Read in Public
A description of a stage deception where the performer claims to read a spectator's thoughts. The method involves distributing torn paper pieces and using misdirection to prompt a chosen participant to believe a piece was offered to them, implying success in reading thoughts.
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Offerte
Chusen
Thas
The Young Men and the Apples Puzzle
Herbert Samuel and Wilfrid share a basket of apples. Herbert takes half plus one, Samuel takes half of what's left plus one, Wilfrid takes the remainder plus six. Determine the initial number of apples.
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Herbert
Samuel
Wilfrid
Mending split posts with a chain lever and bolt
Tips to repair split post fences describe using a short chain around the post top and a lever to pull the fibers tight. A half inch hole is bored through the post, a bolt passed, and the sides drawn together to form a lasting repair that keeps cattle out and the fence secure.
You can have good roads in the corn belt
H. H. Grogs, Secretary Farmers' Good Roads League, argues that hard roads are feasible in the corn belt Mississippi valley with thorough drainage and imported material. He notes fertile land can fund road taxes, railroads will ship stone or gravel south, and level terrain lowers grading needs, making roads cheaper than those in Massachusetts.
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Mississippi Valley
Corn Belt
Massachusetts
H. H. Grogs
Farmers’ Good Roads League
Fattening Calves for Veal on Whole Milk Diet
A London experiment suggests feeding calves on whole milk for about a month to reach 160 pounds average weight or 96 pounds of veal. Calves should be fed three times daily to fatten quickly, aiming to fatten when veal commands a high price to ensure satisfactory returns.
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London
Rotation Riches From One Farmer's High Yield Corn Method
L F Andrews details a 100 bushel per acre corn system from four years of trials. He rotates hay and rye, plows and manure, applies 26 bushels of manure per acre, 125 pounds rock fertilizer, and plants four grains per hill thinning to two. He selects thick, long kernels, mixes seed, and clips tassels to improve yields, replanting when needed. Thoroughness pays.
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L F, Andrews
Farm Journal
Removable Buggy Seat Concept Explained
A Prairie Farmer note describes a removable third bogey seat formed by tacking a stuffed cushion to one end of two boards. The opposite end slips under the seat cushion, with a hinged stick under the seat acting as a leg. When not in use the assembly folds up and stores under the buggy seat.
Hints to Help Farm Sayings and Tidbits
A collection of farm lore and practical maxims on honesty, weed control, potato costs, profit doubling, barn cleanliness, and citrus-tinged admonitions. The tone imitates rural newspaper humor with misspellings and old fashioned advice for seasonal tasks and daily life.
The American Hen Economic Parable Voice
The American hen is depicted as generous and expansive with a worldly reach. It claims to have supplied Cuba with a million dollars’ worth of prime eyes and sent large quantities to Hangland and other countries, illustrating a satirical global trade image.
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Cuba
Hangland
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Universal Cure
A local ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It asserts the medicine is taken internally to reach blood and mucous surfaces, promises to strengthen the patient, and offers a $100 reward for proof of a failure to cure. Includes address for F. J. Cheney & Co. and mentions Toledo, Ohio, and druggists locally.
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Hall
Ff Fallin
Addrosa
South Texas land offer sparks real cheap farm sales
The ad copy promotes 10 to 640 acres plus 2 town lots in South Texas for 210 dollars with 10 dollars monthly, urging readers to write Dr Charles F Simmons in San Antonio for details. It touts pure water, rich soil, healthy climate and prosperous people, while mixing quips and humorous snippets from papers like the Washington Star and Exchange.
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Texas
Chas. F. Simmons
San Antonio
South
Chas
Simmons
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Miniatera
Wien
Uistes Gardens
Regal Magazine
Getasi Guiliy
New York Sun
Inumor
Gouverneur
Urata
Hanasom
H. H. Gross
Tella
Barna
Shorty
Washington Star
Roger
D-Zerta Food Co
Rochester
N. C
California
Fic Syrup Co
Parker
Ucalp
Nair
Poe
Driggs
Wwatligen
SOC H.planten & Son
Henry ST
Ervejanu
Thompson's Eye
Lydia Pinkham
T. C. Willadsen
Manning
Iowa
Mrs. Pinkham
Lydia
Pink
Lydi E. Pinkham
Lydia H. Pinkham
Shck
Aaa
Dr. May
Joneath
W. HL
May
Pearl Steel
Carters
IVER
Canada
Backatclewan
Alberta
Ees
Chawford
Kansas City
J. Broughton
Quincy Bldg
Chicago
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